Kundalini Yoga teaches you the techniques and awareness to stay healthy. You gain a strong immune system, vital glands, a strong nervous system, good circulation, and an awareness of the impact of your habits. This foundation gives you energy and lets you deal

with the mental and spiritual facets of your life.

HAPPY AM I

THE SEVEN STEPS

TO HAPPINESS

Yogi Bhajan outlined

seven steps to happiness,

each leading to the next.

1st Step is COMMITMENTThe first step is commitment. In every life you are meant to commit. That is why the word is commit-meant. Commitment gives you Character.

2nd Step is CHARACTERCharacter is when all your characteristics-all facets, flaws, and facts-are under your control. Yin and yang meet there, totally balanced. Character gives you Dignity.

3rd Step is DIGNITYPeople start trusting you, liking

you, respecting you. Dignity will

give you Divinity.

4th Step is DIVINITYWhat is Divinity? Divinity is when people have no duality about you. They trust you right away. They have no fear about you. Divinity gives you Grace.

5th Step is GRACEWhere there is grace, there is no interference, no gap between two people, no hidden agenda. Grace gives you the power to Sacrifice.

6th Step is

POWER TO SACRIFICEYou can stand any pain for that person. That sacrifice gives you Happiness

I love teaching at Solstice as it is so good to see so many familiar faces and to participate in such great personal and global transformation. I am teaching a class on Spiritual Maturity and I want to introduce you to my point of view on the concept:

Spiritual Maturity is not a thing. It is not an intense experience or a state of meditative consciousness. It is a development and refinement of the self to have a sense of self while at the same time being beyond it.

Spiritual Mature persons manifest presence while relying on the infinite. When your finite presence or form is completed by the formless. That presence is different from charisma.

Spiritual Maturity comes from :

The ability to recognize your own patterns and step back from them when they are active.

To know yourself well enough that you own your own patterns and take responsibility for them.

It is not the linear line of rejecting or expressing but the diagonal energy of embracing. Think of it as a triangle with embracing at the apex of the triangle. This takes courage, a developed maturity to be with what is without reactions and to be in love with the relationship with the formless you. When you authentically embraced what is a new paradigm emerged and there is a natural liberation. That is why all wisdom tradition teaches that the truth will set you free.

"When fame and shame do not bother you, when you are mentally so satiated and feel you are one with Him so that all opposites do not affect you, then you have realization. It is not that you can control them or not. It does not affect you at all"

Spiritual Maturity is not an intense experience or a state of meditative consciousness. It is a refinement of the self when your finite presence/form is completed by the formless. Spiritual Maturity comes from the ability to recognize your own patterns and take responsibility for them. When you authentically embrace what is, a new paradigm emerges and there is a natural liberation. Spiritual Maturity is the relationship of ultimate love between you and the formless you.

Sunder Khalsa serves as the KRI Coordinator for Teacher Training in Asia. He is on the KRI Board of Directors and is a KRI honoree for 2009. By the grace of the Master he is touching hearts of all those he meets on this journey of life. sunderkhalsa@yahoo.com

3HO KUNDALINI YOGA ASIA

Kundalini Yoga Asia (KYAsia) is our Community of teachers and students throughout Asia who practice and share the teachings of Kundalini Yoga so that they may serve, inspire, and empower humanity to be healthy happy and whole.

There are Kundalini Yoga communities in Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Malaysia. Our intention is to support communities to develop common unity in all parts of Asia.

"Wahe Guru! As soon as we got home and I could not wait for next year! This experience is something that I will never miss, it is almost mandatory in my spiritual growth and spiritual relationships. I am so thankful that it is available to us and that our community is filled with so much love and light. We are so blessed that Yogi Bhajan left solstice for us to come back home to, and his presence is so alive there. I was deeply connected with the Gurus and Yogi Ji the entire time, and solstice has come home with me also.

3HO Foundation International's Solstice Sadhana Celebrations wouldn't happen without Service Exchange participants. The success of the event depends on your dedication and commitment to doing seva (selfless service), one of the most powerful limbs of yoga. If you choose this powerful opportunity for spiritual growth, you will become an indispensable part of the backbone of this extraordinary event.

3HO's Commitment to the Service Exchange Team3HO supports you in a rewarding service experience and facilitates your participation in the Solstice program with: